Taking photos at a viewing

tortoiseshellcat

Does anyone know if it is acceptable to take photos at a viewing? We are going on a second viewing and I feel it would be beneficial to help remember the layout and also garden size etc, I was thinking about taking my iPad to do this but wouldn't if it would be considered rude in any way.

pinkteapot

If I was selling and you came round to view, I wouldn't mind.

Why don't you ask when you get there? Just say "Do you mind if I take a few pictures to help me remember the place?" They can soon say if they don't want you to, or if there's anything in particular they don't want you taking pictures of....

benson1980

We did this with quite a few houses- there shouldn't be any problem with doing it. Have to say it never crossed my mind that it would be considered rude. We always took a digital camera and tape measure to every viewing

phoebe1989seb

If you get the vendor/EA's permission first I cannot see why not

We'd never done this till our last house purchase a couple of years back, mainly 'cos the house was in such a state (being marketed as a 'half-finished project', but really much worse!) and as we were buying 200 miles from the house we were selling so couldn't easily pop back for another look, we wanted to be able to go over exactly what needed doing once back at home.......photos really helped with this and still cause a giggle now when we see the old cistern that was fully functioning in the room above the loo :rotfl:

Our last set of buyers did this too - but with a video camera - and although they did ask our permission, it was a bit unnerving as they also filmed some of our possessions! We queried this and were told they loved our style so much they wanted to seek out similar stuff to furnish their new home with

dominoman

I always take my camera (phone) and take loads of snaps on each viewing. When I get home I use them to ponder, get second opinions etc.

I even saved a load of money on one house when I noticed a large diagonal crack in the rear wall which I had never noticed when I was there. I sent the picture to a builder friend and he said don't go near that house.

You should ALWAYS ask permission before taking photos in my opinion. Its just polite. I have had people say no, but not often.

grifferz

It is polite to ask and I always would ask, but to be honest if someone said no to taking photos I would think they were being needlessly obstructive to the process and would probably strongly consider avoiding dealing with them.

I_have_spoken

I've asked and vendors have been OK.

tortoiseshellcat

Thanks for all your replies, we asked and it wasn't a problem at all